Wind stop or weather strip



June 3 1 G. E. MILLER WIND STOP OR WEATHER STRIP Filed Dec. 18. 1920 w. w F 1 4 s 1771 fad/1 d d ll\l,r\/,

Patented June 3, v1924:.

GEORGE E. MILLER, or CLEVELAND rrnrenrs, oHIo.

WIND STOP OR WEATHER STRIP.

Application filed December 18, 1920. SerialNo. 431,556.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnoncn E. MILLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland Heights, in the county of Guyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in W'ind Stops or Veather Strips, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to weather strips or wind stops and, as shown'hereimis designed with special reference to use with doors. The general object of the invention is to a provide a device of this character which is simple in construction and inexpensive of production;which may be readily secured to an object such as a door without the necessity for disfiguring or altering the latter; which can be conveniently operated from either side of such door; and which will effectively prevent the passage of any material amount of wind or rain beneath or around the door to which it is applied. I realize the foregoing objects in and through the construction and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Fig. 1 represents a perspective view of a part of a door and its frame, the bottom of the door having my device applied thereto; Fig. 2 a detail in vertical section through the lower portion of the door and through my device and showing the latter in its operative or lowered position; Fig. 3 a view similar to Fig. 2 and showing the device in its inoperative or elevated position; and Fig. 4 a detail in perspective of my device.

Describing the various parts by reference characters, 1 denotes a door of the swinging type, the said door being hinged to one of the side frames or jambs 2. The door is shown as an inside door, no carpet strip or threshold being provided, there being a space beneath the bottom 3 of the door for carpeting, such as a runner or a rug. Slidably mounted upon one side of the bottom of the door is my wind stop or weather strip. This windstop or weather strip comprises a body 4. (preferably a wooden strip) having a recess or rabbet 5 in its inner or door-facing portion extending from the bottom nearly to the top thereof. Mounted in said recess or rabbet is the wind stop or weather strip proper, indicated at 6 and preferably made of felt or similar pliable material. The memher 6 may be secured to the supporting base 4; in any convenient manner, as by glue.

The wind stop or weather strip is mounted upon the bottom of the door by means of a pair of straps, each substantially U-shaped.

Each strap comprises a vertical branch 7- having a hook 8 at the upper end thereof, a. a

horizontal branch 9, anda second vertical branch 10 having a hook 11 at its upper end, the branch 10 being connected with the branch 9 by an offset portion 12. The straps are made of spring metal and may be about 2" Wide and thick; and the provision of the offset at 12 enables the clamps to be conveniently applied to the bottom of a door with the vertical branches bearing firmly againstthe opposite sides thereof. Furthermore, the offset facilitates the raising and lowering of each strap, and particularly the raising operation as it prevents pinching the bottom of the door by the strap when such operation is initiated. The vertical branches 7 are preferably connected to the body portion 4 of the weather strip, as shown at 13, and the branches 9 extend beneath and in contact with the bottom ofsuch body por tion and through slots provided therefor in the, strip 6.

By the construction described and illustrated herein, I have produced a wind stop 01' weather strip which may be applied to a door without the necessity for altering the latter or providing it with any attaching means. The wind stop or weather strip may be operated by the hooks 8 or 11 from either side of the door and Without the necessity of opening the door or of entering the room for which it is provided. When it is desired to open the door the strip may be lifted by means of the hooks and the door opened without dragging the bottom of the windstop or weather strip upon the floor or upon the rug or carpet therebeneath, the strip being supported in its'elevated position by the clamping action exerted by the straps.

The attachment is practically universal,

requiring only such variations in the length of the branches 9 and of the strip 4 as may be necessary to accommodate variations in the width and thickness of doors.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. The combination, with a. door, of one or more U-shaped straps applied to an edge portion of the door and slidable thereupon, and a weather strip connected to one of the branches of each strap and adapted to be pressed into engagement with one of the sides of said door by said strap or straps.

2. The combination, with a door, of a weather strip, and means for slidably supporting the said strip upon one side of an edge portion of said door, the said means comprising apair of resilient U-shaped straps each having a, branch pressing the said strip against one side of said door and the opposite branch extending along and pressing upon the opposite side of said door.

3. The conribination with a door, of a'pair of U-shaped spring members slidably mounted uponan edge portion of said door, and a weather strip interposed between said members and one side of said door, the said strip beingnotched for the reception of the intermediate branches of said members.

4. The combination, with a door, of a weather strip, and means connected with said strip and extending about and on opposite sides of an edge portion of said door for supporting the strip in contact with one of the sides of said door, the said means being provided with an operating projection on each side of the door.

5. The combination, with a door, of a pair of U-shaped straps mounted on an edge portion of said door and each having an operating projection on each side of said door, and a weather strip interposed between the said straps and one of the sides of said door, the said weather strip comprising a supporting base, and a strip of pliable material carried by said base and projecting beyond the edge thereof and being provided with slots for the passage of said strips.

6. The combination, with a door, of one .or more U-shaped spring members each slidably mounted upon and frictionally engaging opposite sides of an edge portion of said door, and a weather strip secured to said member or members on one side of said door and interposed between said member or members and the side of the door adjacent thereto. a

7. The combination, with a door, of a' plurality of U-shaped spring members each slidably mounted upon and frictionally engaging opposite sides of an edge portion of said door, and a weather strip secured to said members on one side of said door and interposed between said members and the side of the door adjacent thereto, one of the door-engaging portions of each member being connected to the intermediate portion thereof by an offset portion.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aifix my signature.

GEORGE E. MILLER. 

